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Investigating teachers’ psychological and physiological stress

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Professor Dr Alexander Wettstein, Head of the Social Interaction in Educational Settings Research Programme at the University of Teacher Education Bern, is leading an investigation into teachers’ psychobiological stress in […]

Facilitated ion transfer through liquid-liquid interfaces

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The transport of ions across the interface between two immiscible liquids, like water and oil, is a central process in a variety of phenomena.

The migration of charged ions through interfaces between immiscible liquids plays an important role in several natural and technological processes. Prof Akihiro Morita of Tohoku University in Japan uses molecular […]

IRAND: Helping to preserve children’s and youth drawings of the 20^th century

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Children's drawings give insight into the world views of former generations.

Professor Dr Jutta Ströter-Bender of Paderborn University is co-founder of the International Research and Archives Network (IRAND) that is preserving and archiving children’s and youth drawings of the 20th century. […]

New Toolkits for Positron Emission Tomography

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PET scanners make use of radioactive tracers.

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful imaging technique that uses radiotracers injected into the body to look at biology in tissues and cells, making it an important tool in […]

Directed Panspermia: Synthetic DNA in bioforming planets

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This seeding of a planet with life is known as directed panspermia.

As our technological advancements continue, scientists are beginning to turn what was science fiction into reality. Concepts such as terraforming and travel between stars are becoming more achievable, giving life […]

Cannabis: Offering hope of a breakthrough in chronic pain treatment

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For thousands of years, cannabis has been used to treat pain. Now, with medicinal cannabis legal in some places, the drug might prove to be a viable alternative to opioid […]

A blended learning programme for out-of-field mathematics teaching

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Out-of-field teaching is an international phenomenon with particular prevalence in the teaching of mathematics. Professor Merrilyn Goos, Professor of STEM Education at the University of Limerick, and Director of EPI*STEM […]

Magma differentiation: The complex processes behind active volcanism

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Active volcanism is prevalent across much of the Earth’s surface, yet the deep mantle and crustal processes that drive it are still being understood by geologists. Untangling the complex chemical […]

The return of religion or the end of religion?

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Jayne Svenungsson, Professor at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University examines the relationship between religion and secularism and the ideological underpinnings of the European concept of religion. […]

Industrial-Academic collaboration: The key for C-H bond activation

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Large-scale manufacturing of medication is only possible with effective synthesis of pharmaceutical ingredients.

A very hot and current scientific topic is the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), the burning question being “how can we make API synthesis efficient?”. A big step towards […]